“Un-ordinary in Today’s World!”

Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost                                27 September 2020 (Ezekiel 18:1-4, 25-32   Psalm 25:1-9   Philippians 2:1-13   Matthew 21:23-32) “Un-ordinary in Today’s World!” Today’s sermon will be more conversational than you have gotten used to these past six months.  If we were sitting with each other, I’d want us to be sitting in a circle talking about the video … More “Un-ordinary in Today’s World!”

The Equality of Grace

Matthew 20: 1-16 If you Google “most valuable companies of 2020” you discover website after website offering lists of public corporations in order by market capitalization.  For those of us, like myself, who aren’t financial capitalists and had to do an additional search to figure out what market capitalization even means… essentially, in order by … More The Equality of Grace

Extravagant Forgiveness

Fifteenth Sunday after Pentecost                            13 September 2020 Sermon by Deacon Marsha Roscoe (Matthew 18:21-35) Today’s gospel lesson is one of the most difficult teachings in the New Testament. Forgiveness touches the rawest part of our lives – our hearts — the hurts, the pains, the grudges, the resentments… truthfully, the areas in our life where we … More Extravagant Forgiveness

“A Theology of Caring!”

Fourteenth Sunday after Pentecost                                     6 September 2020 (Ezekiel 33:7-11   Psalm 119   Romans 13:8-14   Matthew 18:15-20) “A Theology of Caring!” Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horse and all the King’s men, Couldn’t put Humpty Dumpty together again. One of the first nursery rhymes most of us ever … More “A Theology of Caring!”